Regulatory

BC Hydro main office BC Hydro is the largest electric utility in British Columbia [PDF, 352 Kb] and a provincial Crown corporation reporting to the Minister of Energy and Mines.

The provincial government, representing the people of British Columbia, is our shareholder. The BC Energy Plan returned BC Hydro to full rate regulation under the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC), an independent agency of the provincial government.

Transmission towers at sunset

Current regulatory matters

Key recent filings, updates, applications and reports.

2008 Long-Term Acquisition Plan
BC Hydro Transmission Service Rate F2008 Annual Report – November 21, 2008 [PDF, 3.5 Mb]
Application to Amend s.21 of RS3808 – September 16, 2008 [PDF, 2.4 Mb]

Network Economy and Open Access Transmission Tariff

Key updates, including annual and quarterly reports.

Second Quarter Report 2008 [PDF, 314 Kb]
First Quarter Report 2008 [PDF, 109 Kb]
BC Hydro 2007 Network Economy Annual Report – April 4, 2008 [PDF, 55 Kb]
BC Hydro’s Letter to BCUC re Extension to the filing date for the 2007 Network Economy Annual Report [PDF, 122 Kb]
Fourth Quarter Report 2007 [PDF, 105 Kb]
Third Quarter Report 2007 [PDF, 162 Kb]
Second Quarter Report 2007 [PDF, 130 Kb]

Related links

Electric Tariff

British Columbia Utilities Commission

BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources

Last Modified: Nov 26, 2008